ins from the sanctuary, he
placed them upon the scapegoat. When Christ, by virtue of His own blood,
removes the sins of His people from the heavenly sanctuary at the close of
His ministration, He will place them upon Satan, who, in the execution of
the judgment, must bear the final penalty. The scapegoat was sent away
into a land not inhabited, never to come again into the congregation of
Israel. So will Satan be forever banished from the presence of God and His
people, and he will be blotted from existence in the final destruction of
sin and sinners.

24. IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES.

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The subject of the sanctuary was the key which unlocked the mystery of the
disappointment of 1844. It opened to view a complete system of truth,
connected and harmonious, showing that God's hand had directed the great
Advent Movement, and revealing present duty as it brought to light the
position and work of His people. As the disciples of Jesus, after the
terrible night of their anguish and disappointment, were "glad when they
saw the Lord," so did those now rejoice who had looked in faith for His
second coming. They had expected Him to appear in glory to give reward to
His servants. As their hopes were disappointed, they had lost sight of
Jesus, and with Mary at the sepulcher they cried, "They have taken away my
Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him." Now in the holy of holies
they again beheld Him, their compassionate high priest, soon to appear as
their king and deliverer. Light from the sanctuary illumed the past, the
present, and the future. They knew that God had led them by His unerring
providence. Though, like the first disciples, they themselves had failed
to understand the message which they bore, yet it had been in every
respect correct. In proclaiming it they had fulfilled the purpose of God,
and their labor had not been in vain in the Lord. "Begotten again unto a
lively hope," they rejoiced "with joy unspeakable and full of glory."

Both the prophecy of Dan. 8:14, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days;
then shall the sanctuary be cleansed," and the first angel's message,
"Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come,"
pointed to Christ's ministration in the most holy place, to the
investigative judgment, and not to the coming of Christ for the redemption
of His people and the destruction of the wicked. The mistake had not been
i